UMG Bargaining Lead sought to work with new Texas units
January 11, 2021
United Media Guild seeks candidates for a full-time Staff Representative/Contract Campaign Lead position starting remotely with work moving in-person to Texas when it becomes safe, for one year with a possible additional one year extension. This is a hands-on position...
Lawrence Journal-World votes to join United Media Guild
December 28, 2020
Journalists at the Lawrence Journal-World have voted to unionize with the United Media Guild, Local 34067 with The NewsGuild-CWA. Due to the pandemic, balloting was conducted by mail earlier this month. The National Labor Relations Board office in suburban Kansas...
NLRB mails ballots to Lawrence Journal-World employees
December 11, 2020
Breaking news! The ballots have arrived! (From the Lawrence Journalism Workers Guild Twitter account.) An update: "In three weeks, we believe the LJW Guild will finally be recognized as a union. Our ballots have been mailed to us, and they’ll...
TNG president Jon Schleuss addresses Guild’s campaign against workplace harassment
December 10, 2020
This is a message from Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild: As the president of our union, I’m responsible for improving our culture and eliminating barriers that make it difficult for survivors of harassment to come forward. I do not...
November 23, 2020
A grievance regarding the use of freelance journalists to replace departed journalists at the Southern was filed several months back and slated for arbitration. However, after continued attempts to settle the matter, the parties were able to reach a settlement...
Anybody get the number of that bus?
September 25, 2020
Chad Lawhorn, Publisher, Lawrence Journal-World Lawrence, KS Hello, Mr. Lawhorn. September 25,2020 My name is Shannon Duffy. I am with the United Media Guild. Your employees have organized and...
Missouri Health Care For All: Brand new unit. Brand new contract!
September 14, 2020
Today, staff of Missouri Health Care For All (MHCFA), a statewide grassroots organization of activists engaged in health care advocacy, unanimously ratified its first contract. Congratulations MHCFA! The organization gave voluntary recognition a few months back and during that time,...
ACLU of Kansas staff joins UMG, gains voluntary recognition
July 21, 2020
The ACLU of Kansas and the United Media Guild have entered into a voluntary recognition agreement which recognizes the Union as the representative of covered ACLU of Kansas staffers. The voluntary recognition agreement included a “card check,” administered today by...